398 p., Re-examines the concepts of resistance and the effect of neoliberalism from the 1980s to the present day comparing Brazil and Mexico, two of the largest countries in Latin America. Includes Marcus J. M. de Carvalho's "The 'commander of all forests' against the 'Jacobins' of Brazil : the Cabanada, 1832-1835," and Robert W. Slenes' "A 'great arch' descending : manumission rates, subaltern social mobility, and the identities of enslaved, freeborn, and freed Blacks in southeastern Brazil, 1791-1888.
